RHODE ISLANDAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 13, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

1,567

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island →4 incidents on file

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island reported to HHS on 2018-09-13 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,567 individuals. Breached information was located on Paper/Films. Business associate RedCard, a mailing services provider, improperly consolidated Explanation of Benefits (EOB) documents, causing EOBs for different individuals at the same address to be mailed together. Exposed PHI included names, plan ID numbers, provider names, types of medical service, and claim information. The BA ceased consolidating EOBs. OCR found the BA agreement compliant with the Privacy Rule.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Sep 13, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,567 affectedView incident

Name: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
norm: blue cross blue shield of rhode island
Domain: bcbsri.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
norm: blue cross blue shield of rhode island
Domain: bcbsri.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,567nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the covered entity's business associate agreement with RedCard and it appeared to be in compliance with the Privacy Rule.
Third party: via RedCard

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals.
Changes made: Business associate (RedCard) ceased consolidating EOBs in mailings following the breach.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Sep 13, 2018
Raw hash: 40202e283f7d2c133756851db6d9d59b20016d5a300d68aae933166c670340ce

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Reporting entityBlue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island

Victim entityBlue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing